THE MAGICAL JOURNEY

Written for Jonathan and Cameron, Susan's seven year old twin Grandsons. Won't give the game away with any further information.

Submitted:Mar 7, 2010
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Brothers, Jonathan and Cameron, were seven year old twins. They
always tried to be as good as they could, but Mummy was extra
pleased with them this week. They had tidied their rooms without
being asked, helped with the washing up and even helped fold the
washing, and all done without one single grumble. Because of
this their Mother said that they could choose what they would
like to do that day. The boys didn't have to think twice, as
their favourite place was the nearby woods, and they said they
would love to take a packed lunch and have a picnic. Their
Mother was surprised as she thought they would choose to go to
the cinema or to the burger bar, and she was more than willing to
take them, she told them, but the boys insisted that they would
prefer to go and play in the woods. She told them that they
could go on condition that they were home by 5.00pm in time for
dinner, and they both said they would. She packed them some
sandwiches and some cold drinks and off they went, really
excited.

Jonathan and Cameron just love the woods as there were some
lovely big trees that they liked to climb and they could sit in
the strong branches and watch the birds and the animals. The
boys always shared their bread with the birds and then they would
have a contest as to who could name the most different varieties
of birds and animals. The woods were usually very quiet and,
apart from the occasional dog-walker, they usually had the woods
to themselves. Their favourite tree was a giant oak - Grandma
had told them it was hundreds of years old. The tree had a big
hollow in its mightly trunk and Cameron and Jonathan liked to
climb up and sit inside the hollow and look down on the world
below.

As the boys sat eating their sandwiches and enjoying the lovely
warm sunshine, they heard voices coming from behind the tree.
They got up, very slowly, and crept around the tree to balance on
a long branch, where they could see down to the ground. As they
looked, they were amazed to see two very small people sitting at
a little fold up table on two little fold up chairs. "Wow" said
Jonathan "they look like Alice in Wonderland and the Mad Hatter"
"that's exactly what I was going to say" whispered Jonathan "just
like they stepped out of the story that Dad read to us only
yesterday!!!" Suddenly, and without warning, there was a mightly
crunch and the branch that the boys were standing on broke off
and they landed with a thud on the ground, very close to the
little table. Fortunately, they were not too far off the ground
before they fell so they did not injure themselves. Both the
small people hurried to help them up and introduced themselves as
Alice and the Mad Hatter, but said to just call him Hatter. The
boys couldn't believe it - how could these fairytale characters
be real and here in their woods. Just as though Alice could read
their minds, she began to speak. "We are from the Land of Make
Believe, she told them, and we have been sent by our Leader the
Wizard Onzo to invite you to come for a visit. We know you are
Jonathan and Cameron and have been very very good for the whole
of the week, as the Wizard can see all boys and girls. He was
particulary impressed with you both and felt you deserved a
reward". The boys couldn't speak, they couldn't make out if
this was for real or if they were dreaming, but they realised
that they couldn't both be dreaming the same dream at the same
time. "What about getting there?" asked Jonathan "more important
than that, what about getting home" said Cameron "also we have to
be home for 5.00pm, or we will be in trouble from Mum". Alice
assured them that time in the Land of Make Believe was very
different from on Earth and they would make sure they got the
boys back, well in time for their dinner at 5.00pm. Hatter told
them they would travel on their Magic Carpet, which he had in his
case. The boys couldn't imagine how this would work but decided
they would love to go and would trust Alice and Hatter to get
them there. Hatter pulled out the small red carpet and to the
boys amazement all four of them got on quite easily. Sit still
while I say the magic words said Hatter and with that he called
out "Carpet Ascend" and in an instant they were gliding through
the air, getting higher and higher. It truly was a magical
feeling. The view was magnificent as they passed through clouds
that glistened and seemed to be smiling, there were many
colourful rainbows that actually had little pots of gold at the
end of them and stars looking like big diamonds seemed to dance
around them.

Soon the carpet began to slow down and Hatter quietly instructed
"Carpet Descend" and they gently landed in the most magical place
the boys could have every imagined, and as they looked around
them it was just as though they had stepped into a fairy book.
Everyone they saw was someone from a fairy tale. They had landed
near a high wall and they suddenly heard a voice say " Hi
Jonathan and Cameron, welcome to the Land of Make Believe" the
boys looked up and there on top of the wall was Humpty Dumpty.
"Come with me" said Alice "you must come to see the Wizard Onzo,
he will be very pleased you could come". The boys nervously
waited as Alice knocked on the giant door of the Wizard's castle,
and as the doors opened, the boys let out a loud gasp, at the
same time, as the Wizard stood there and he was just like the
wizard in the Harry Potter film that Grandma had taken them to
see just a week ago. He had a long flowing robe and white hair
and a beard that almost reached down to his waist. He seemed a
kindly man with sparkling eyes and he invited the boys to sit
down. He told them he was delighted to meet them and how he had
watched them over the past week and was very pleased to see how
good they had been. He rang a big brass bell and immediately a
lovely girl, who looked just like Bo-Peep came in with a big jug
of lemonade and poured a glass for each of them. They thanked
her and the Wizard and said how grateful they were to have been
invited the Land of Make Believe. The Wizard smiled and told
them they were very welcome. "How would you like to visit the
rest of our land on the back of Dross the Dragon" he asked them.
"DRAGON!! wow, yes please" said both boys, once again at the same
time. "You really are twins" laughed the Wizard. The Wizard told
Alice that he would call her when the boys needed her again.
"Have a great time" said Alice "I'll see you both later". With
that the Wizard guided the boys through some big folding doors
and out into a big courtyard. There before them stood a big
bright green giant Dragon, who had the reddist eyes that looked
like huge rubies. "Jonathan and Cameron would like you to fly
them over the Land so that they can visit all the sights" the
Wizard told him, and with a mighty roar the dragon laid flat on
the ground so that the boys could climb easily onto his back.
When they were comfortable, the Wizard told him he could go, and
with another mighty roar they took off. Slowly and gently the
Dragon flew through the air, hovering just above the buildings
below so that the boys could see everything and everybody that
was on the ground. Everywhere look so exciting and the boys
couldn't wait to visit some of the places they could see from the
air.

Their first stop was a giant sweet factory - "just like the one
in Willy Wonka" said Jonathan and sure enough it was. A big
clown welcomed them at the door and showed them through the
factory. The smell was magnificent and the boys wandered around
in amazement at the wonderful variety of sweets and chocolates
there were. When the clown told them that they could eat as
many of the sweets and chocolates as they liked they thought they
must be the luckiest boys in the world to be in such a brilliant
place. "Do you think our friends will believe us when we tell
them" asked Cameron, but Jonathan was too busy eating a big
chocolate shaped cat that was filled with marshmallow, to answer.
After a good look round and filling themselves to the brim with
all their favourte sweets and chocolates, they heard a mighty
roar. "That's Dross calling us" said Jonathan "we had better
hurry or we will be late for our next call". As the next visit
was to the little Lego village, the boys quickly ran to the
factory door. They thanked the Clown for a lovely time. He told
them it was a pleasure and showed them out. "Come again" he
called after them and the boys both hoped that perhaps one day
they would.

As they climbed on Dross's back ,and began to take off , Jonathan
and Cameron were full of excitement at the thought of visiting
the Lego village. As they looked down they began to see lots of
different buildings all in bright reds, blues and yellows and
realised that they must be arriving. "We must make notes of the
different buildings so that we can try to reproduce them when we
get home, with our own Lego set" said Cameron and Jonathan
thought that was a brilliant idea. The buildings were all
magnificent and even the people were made of Lego - just like the
toy robots that the boys often made at home. The difference was
that these robots could speak and told the boys they were very
pleased they had visited them. They took them to their play area
where the boys had a go on all the equipment. There were slides
and roundabouts, even a carousel that had lego horses that the
boys could ride on. They had a wonderful time and when Dross
gave his mighty roar, to let them know it was time to go again,
they felt quite sad at having to leave the village, but were very
pleased with all the brilliant ideas they had made notes of.

Dross then took them for one final flight over the whole of the
Land of Make Believe and then gently landed back at the Wizard's
Castle. Alice and Hatter were there waiting for them. "It's
time for some tea before we leave" she told them. "Hatter has
invited everyone to a party for you so that you can say goodbye
before we take you back to the woods". "That's great" said the
boys - once more in unison and Alice and Hatter gave a hearty
laugh "the Wizard was right, you really are proper twins" said
Hatter. As the boys looked they saw a lovely big table full of
goodies - jellies, cakes, sandwiches. Every place setting had a
cracker beside it and there were posts all dressed up with
ribbons and balloons and a big banner that said "THANK YOU FOR
VISITING US JONATHAN AND CAMERON".

Before they got ready to leave, both boys thanked the Wizard for
inviting them and thanked everybody for being so kind to them.
The Wizard told them to always be good boys and they assured him
they would. It was time to go and the boys and Alice and Hatter
climbed onto the magic carpet once more. With the words "Carpet
Ascend" they were once again in full flight, passing once again
through the brilliant sky. All too soon it was time to land -
"Carpet Descend" said Hatter and gently and softly they landed at
the exact place where the boys had first set eyes on Alice and
Hatter. "Thank you for a perfectly magical day" said Jonathan
and Cameron told them it was the best day he had every spent.
"You are very welcome" said Alice "We have loved having you" said
Hatter. "We must go now, but make sure you go straight home and
you will be well in time for your dinner at 5.00pm" said Alice.
For the last and final time the magic words were spoken "Carpet
Ascend" and within seconds it was flying high in the sky. The
boys watched and waved until it was out of sight and both boys
agreed that they felt very sad to see their friends gowhat could
be forever.

They got home at exactly 5.00pm and their Mother was very pleased
with them. They began to tell her about their day but she just
smiled and told them they had wonderful imaginations. The boys
looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders, it was obvious
that nobody would believe them so they decided that they wouldn't
mention it to anyone else. They just hoped that if they
continued to be good , one day, they would be able to visit that
Magical Land again.

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THE END
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